Instability of ultra-spinning black holes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 533-557

  Emparan, Roberto ^a,b   Myers, Robert C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black Holes; Classical Theories of Gravity; Extra Large Dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144459600     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/09/025     Document Type: Article

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